copy settings wizard not working

[Olid]

Hello everyone,
I am puzzled as to why I am not able to get the copy settings wizard to work. I am trying to copy my settings from my work computer which is running SW2007 to my home computer on which I have installed SW2008 for testing.

I able to copy them out fine from my work computer but when I try to restore them on my home computer, the "next" button as well as all the check boxes are grayed out. I do have administrator rights on both machines.

I was able to use it fine when upgrading from SW2006 to SW2007. Does anyone have suggestions or idea what could be the problem? I have checked with my VAR, but unfortunately they were not much help.


Regards,
Dan Olid
SW2007 SP2.2
PDMW 2007 SP2.2
Cad Designer/PDMW Admin

 

[Eltron]

To be honest, it might just be better to reset all of your settings in '08 rather than trying to copy them over from '07. Plus, with the difficulty you're getting from CS Wiz it may end up being faster.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

 

[Standing]

Regedit Disclaimer:
You must be comfortable working with the registry. Do any changes to your registry at your own risk.

Dan's idea is a good one, but if you do not want to do that, follow this idea.

swOptions.sldreg does not work
Always make backups of your Registry before making any changes.
When the above “Creating a swOptions.sldreg file” is grayed out, do the following.
Be logged into the PC as the user using SolidWorks on this PC. A work around when the swOptions buttons are grayed out.
Find a person that has all settings set in SolidWorks per the drafting standard. Click the windows Start, Run, type in regedit and then click OK. The Registry Editor will come up. Click HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, highlight SolidWorks. Now in the menu bar, click File, Export… Save the file to a known name and location e.g. “O:\swOptions_Brad.reg”.

Go to the PC you want to install this swOptions file on. Make sure you are logged in as the user going to use SolidWorks. Click the windows Start, Run, type in regedit and then click OK. The Registry Editor will come up. Click HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, highlight SolidWorks. Now in the menu bar, click File, Import… find the file you save to a known name and location e.g. “O:\swOptions_Brad.reg”. After importing the file you are done.

Remember you will have too reset the PDM users name is SolidWorks PDM and SolidWorks Explorer.


Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes

 

[Olid]

Thanks Bradley,
I will give that a try.

Regards,
Dan Olid
SW2007 SP2.2
PDMW 2007 SP2.2
Cad Designer/PDMW Admin